JacquesTits 2009-05-09 17:37:50 2009-05-09 17:38:56 Biography Jacques Tits biography Abel prize 2008 \section{Jacques Tits} Jacques Tits (France) received in 2008 the prestigious Abel Prize in mathematics together with John Griggs Thompson (USA) for ``for their outstanding achievements in algebra and especially for their shaping of modern group theory''. \textbf{[more to come]...}